The Hoia forest is a forest known for its paranormality.
It is located in Cluj county, Transylvania, Romania. It is 729 acres large. It has the the Somesçul river and the Nadăs river. In the northeastern edge of this forest had the Valea Lungă [Long Valley]
This area also holds the oldest Neolithic settlement in Romania. These were found in north of the Valea Lungă.
Now for the interesting part 🍷 -UFOs
-Ghost Sightings
-Faces appearing in photographs not able to be seen to the human eye
The origins of the forest's name comes from a Shepard that was lost in the forest with his 200 sheep. People who live near the forest refuse to enter it on accounts of "Evil." The legends that have been passed down generations that tell stories of creatures in the forest.
The fame to this forest is not its beauty but it's supernatural phenomenons that happen here and its tragic past. In 1960 a technician for the military had taken a photograph that can only be known as a UFO. This photograph was taken at the Poiana Rotundă (The Round Meadow) located in the forest, and the photograph was taken by Emil Barnea.
Eight years earlier a scientist [Biologist] named Alexandru Sift had captured photos of light in the Hoia Forest which leaves many people confused on their origins and how they are there.
Other than these many reporters have said that when they've entered the forest they feel intense anxiety and the feeling of being watched from the forest, the same or other people will leave the forest with scratches all over them and sometimes be bleeding. People say it's the bizarre vegetation that grows in forest, the trees bending almost as if they are straight from a fairytale leading them to be paranoid not realize objects hitting them.
The forest is known for its ghosts, or demons, it is believed that the souls of many Romanian peasants haunt these grounds to revenge for their life being robbed from them from someone else. Accounts of green eyes watching people, faces of horror and pain, mists appearing from no where and seem to be following people, and full body apparitions have been spotted. The spot with the most intense paranormal activity is the center.
The spot with the most intense paranormal activity is the center, it is known as the dead zone, no vegetation grows in this zone, it is almost a perfect circle and scientists have sampled the soil and said there should be no reason for these trees not to grow here. Habitants near by say it's where the most intense paranormal activity happens, and that the energy in the middle is so intense it blocks the vegetation to enter it. It's regarded as home for these spirits.
Lastly, people believe the center of the forest is the gateway to hell or other dimensions. People have disappeared in the forest and never be seen again, or come out of the forest years later and not recall who they were.
